# 1 year and 1 day separation

**URL:** <https://forum.rosen.com/t/1-year-and-1-day-separation/14716>\
**Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\
**Created:** [January 30, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/1-year-and-1-day-separation/14716 "2013-01-30T20:34:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![smoc7347](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@smoc7347](https://forum.rosen.com/u/smoc7347)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/1-year-and-1-day-separation/14716/1 "2013-01-30T20:34:07Z")

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If, after more than a year of living separately, 2 spouses decide to reside at the same address but not establish marital relations by any definition does it null and void the year apart for divorce filing purposes?

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**Author:** ![Kathleen\_Putiri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@Kathleen\_Putiri](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Kathleen_Putiri)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/1-year-and-1-day-separation/14716/2 "2013-02-11T15:37:42Z")

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You are supposed to live separate and apart for at least a year and not resume the marital relationship. By moving back in together, both of these are at issue. It would be up to a judge to decide, but if you want to be divorced without having to live separate for another year, you shouldn’t take the risk.